Linux HomeVision XMMS Control Plugin

The XMMS Control plugin for the Linux Homevision application works together with the Inet Control plugin for XMMS by Gerry Duprey.

The plugin will display the currently playing song on a user selectable RAM video screen. In addition it will respond to a number of serial commands from the HomeVision controller. By transmitting one of the strings mentioned below from within a HomeVision action, the XMMS application can be made to start, stop or change the currently playing song. Also the volume level can be adjusted.

Example:

   Serial port 1: Transmit string 'xmms next'

Recognized control strings:

xmms play
Start XMMS playback
xmms pause
Pause XMMS playback
xmms resume
Resume XMMS playback when paused
xmms stop
Stop XMMS playback
xmms next
Advance to next track
xmms prev
Return to previous track
xmms mute
Set volume to 10 %
volume up
Increase volume by 5% of maximum volume
volume down
Decrease volume by 5% of maximum volume
xmms toggle
Pause XMMS if playing, resume if paused
playlist n
Start playing playlist n (1 <= n <= 8). A configuration screen is available to define the 8 playlists.
shutdown
Quit XMMS and shutdown the computer
xmms finish
Shutdown the computer after the current song finishes
Note: The last two commands are designed for KDE. For other X-window managers the plugin has to be modified.

Last modified: 9 January 2003, 20:15 CEST